Keep in mind that this "file" will only exist when mysqld is running.
Gleb Paharenko wrote:
>Hello.
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>You may create my.cnf from the examples which're shipped with MySQL
>distribution. MySQL will create the socket file if it doesn't exists.
>It's location could be specified in configuration file or in command
>line options. See:
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> http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/program-options.html
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>"ganesan malairaja" <ssganesan@stripped> wrote:
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>>now i am missing the file mysql.sock .. i could not find it anywhere on the
>>computer
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>>i also could not find my.cnf ..
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>>i created one my.cnf pointing it o /tem/mysql.sock
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>>now i dont have the mysql.sock file
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>>where to get it
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